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August 2025

August 14, 2025

What Your Husband Is Really Thinking When He Wants Sex

Wondering why your husband wants sex? Explore the emotional side of his desire, how intimacy...

June 2025

June 04, 2025

8 False Expectations Newlyweds Should Avoid (Part 4)

This week, we’ll look at the final two expectations that men often have. (And I...

May 2025

May 20, 2025

8 False Expectations Newlyweds Should Avoid (Part 2)

Much of the unhappiness we experience in marriage is due to unhelpful expectations. I prefer...

May 15, 2025

8 False Expectations Newlyweds Should Avoid (Part 1)

Much of the unhappiness we experience in marriage is due to unhelpful expectations. Notice that...

February 2025

February 25, 2025

Why Can’t My Husband Seem to Take Criticism Part 2

When it comes to how our men handle criticism and conflict, two big misunderstandings are...

February 18, 2025

Why Can’t My Husband Seem to Take Criticism

Why does my husband seem so ‘fragile’?” The words hung there on the jumbo screens...

February 12, 2025

From Struggle to Strength: A Marriage Transformation Story

In Episode 2 of I Wish You Could Hear This, our dear friends Scott and...

February 06, 2025

Why Doesn’t my Wife Feel Secure?

Our nationally representative research for For Men Only revealed that your wife may have a...

November 2024

November 19, 2024

5 Powerful Ways to Stop Arguments Before They Start

I’m taking a page from that playbook to look at five ways to stop arguments...

November 12, 2024

3 Steps to Take When the Wife Earns More

While most women do still earn less on average than men (Pew Research reports that...

October 2024

October 15, 2024

For Men Only: An Insider Tip That Could Change Your Marriage

Celebrating your wife’s big accomplishments is important, but so is cheering her on in the...

September 2024

September 10, 2024

For Women Only Turns Twenty! My Thoughts — and Yours.

For Women Only has a big birthday this month, and it feels like a good...

June 2024

June 13, 2024

6 Steps to Change Your Marriage for the Better (Part 2)

This week is the second installment of a two-part series in conjunction with the launch...

June 06, 2024

6 Steps to Change Your Marriage For the Better (Part 1)

The Married With Benefits podcast is designed to help you apply all of these steps,...

February 2024

February 27, 2024

What Wives Need Most From Their Husbands (Part 1)

We hope this will help you understand what makes your wife tick, and help you...

February 20, 2024

What Husbands Need Most From Their Wives (Part 2)

As wives, we have the sacred privilege of realizing how tender our husbands’ hearts really...

February 13, 2024

What Husbands Need Most From Their Wives (Part 1)

This is the first part of a multi-part series on what our spouses need, but...

February 06, 2024

In Money and Marriage

Friends, we have to do the same thing. We may have no idea how God...

November 2023

November 14, 2023

Always Suspicious of Your Spouse (or Others)? Here’s What To Do! (Nix the Negativity, Part 1)

Suspicion. We can descend into that spiral with a spouse, friend, or colleague without ever...

November 07, 2023

7 Date Night Do’s and Don’ts (Part 2)

This is Part 2 of a two-part series on date night ideas that can help...

October 2023

October 31, 2023

7 Date Night Do’s and Don’ts (Part 1)

Date night. Have two words ever caused more expectation and pressure for couples? (Well, maybe...

October 24, 2023

Broken Trust in a Relationship? Here’s What To Do.

Too often when trust has been broken, the person who broke the trust wants to...

October 17, 2023

7 Steps to Keep Defensiveness from Ruining Our Relationships (Part 2)

This is Part 2 of a two-part series on how to reduce defensiveness and have...

September 2023

September 19, 2023

Is Marriage Really on Its Way Out?

Now those concerns overall are real; the data shows both trends are going the wrong...

August 2023

August 01, 2023

Debunking the Bad Rap Against Evangelical Men

I have been waiting for a year to write this blog. (Actually, I’ve been waiting...

July 2023

July 25, 2023

What To Do When You Think “What I Need is Obvious—Why Aren’t You Doing It?”

. If we want to create a great relationship, we have to recognize that what...

June 2023

June 06, 2023

4 Shifts That Brought a Struggling Marriage Back From the Brink

In the nationally-representative survey that undergirds the The Surprising Secrets of Highly Happy Marriages, Shaunti...

May 2023

May 23, 2023

The Church That Talked About Sex (Part 2)

If your leaders know there is an interest in discussing sexual intimacy from a biblical...

May 16, 2023

The Church That Talked About Sex (Part 1)

Thirty years ago, the church just didn’t talk about sex. The brave pastors who tackled...

April 2023

April 13, 2023

When She Has the Stronger Sex Drive; Part One.

Conflict over sexual desire is often really difficult for couples to work through, especially since...